FORWARD CAD IDE Study

Last updated: May 26, 2026
Sponsor: Shockwave Medical, Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Intravascular Lithotripsy

Clinical Study ID

NCT06662500
CP 71886
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The FORWARD CAD IDE Study is a Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm, Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study conducted to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the Javelin Coronary IVL Catheter for the treatment of calcified, stenotic de novo coronary artery lesions prior to stenting.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

General Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject is ≥18 years of age

  2. Subject is able and willing to comply with all assessments in the study.

  3. Subjects with native coronary artery disease including stable angina or followingstabilization after acute coronary syndromes (ACS) for non-emergent percutaneouscoronary intervention (PCI)

  4. Biomarkers (troponin) must be:

  5. less than or equal to the upper limit of lab normal within 24 hours prior tothe procedure or may be drawn from the side port of the sheath at the time ofindex if the PCI is a non-emergent procedure and has stable angina (result willnot be known prior to procedure); OR

  6. if above the upper limit of lab normal, biomarker result must be less than 5times the upper limit of lab normal within 24 hours prior to the procedure andthe following criteria must be met: • The procedure must not be emergent andthe subject cannot have angina at rest.

  7. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >30% within 6 months (note: in the case ofan event (MI or Revascularization) the LVEF must be taken post-event and in the caseof multiple assessments of LVEF, the measurement closest to enrollment will be usedfor this criterion; may be assessed at time of index procedure).

  8. Subject, or legally authorized representative, signs a written Informed Consent formto participate in the study, prior to any study-mandated procedures.

  9. Estimated life expectancy >1 year.

  10. Lesions in non-target vessels requiring PCI may be treated either:

  11. >30 days prior to the study procedure if the procedure was unsuccessful orcomplicated; OR

  12. >24 hours prior to the study procedure if the procedure was successful anduncomplicated (defined as a final lesion angiographic diameter stenosis <30%and TIMI 3 flow (visually assessed) for all non-target lesions and vesselswithout perforation, cardiac arrest or need for defibrillation or cardioversionor hypotension/heart failure requiring mechanical or intravenous hemodynamicsupport or intubation, and no evidence of elevated biomarkers post-procedure;OR

  13. >30 days after the study procedure Angiographic Inclusion Criteria

  14. The target lesion must be a de novo coronary lesion that has not been previouslytreated successfully with any interventional procedure

  15. Single de novo target lesion stenosis of protected LMCA, or LAD, RCA or LCX (or oftheir branches)

  16. The target vessel reference diameter must be ≥2.5 mm and ≤4.0 mm

  17. The target lesion must meet one of the following criteria:

  18. Target lesion stenosis >90% up to 40 mm in length and evidence of moderate orsevere calcification at the lesion site. Moderate calcification defined asangiography with densities noted only during the cardiac cycle prior tocontrast injection; severe calcification defined as angiography withfluoroscopic radio-opacities noted without cardiac motion prior to contrastinjection involving both sides of the arterial wall; OR

  19. Chronic total occlusion presenting with J-CTO score of 1 with evidence ofcalcification and occlusion length up to 20 mm.

  20. Guidewire must be in true lumen, distal to the lesion, and not subintimal, prior toinsertion of Shockwave Javelin Coronary IVL catheter (antegrade wire technique only)

Exclusion

General Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any comorbidity or condition which may prevent compliance with this protocol,including follow-up visits

  2. Subject is participating in another research study involving an investigationalagent including pharmaceutical, biologic, or medical device that has not reached theprimary endpoint

  3. Subject is pregnant or nursing (a negative pregnancy test is required for women ofchild-bearing potential within 7 days prior to enrollment)

  4. Unable to tolerate antiplatelet/anticoagulation therapy per society guidelines

  5. Subject has an allergy to imaging contrast media which cannot be adequatelypre-medicated

  6. Subject experienced an acute STEMI within 30 days prior to index procedure

  7. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure

  8. Subject has acute or chronic renal disease with eGFR <30 ml/min/1.73m2 (usinginstitutional formula)

  9. History of a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 60 days, or any priorintracranial hemorrhage or permanent neurologic deficit

  10. Active peptic ulcer or upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding within 3 months

  11. Untreated pre-procedural hemoglobin <10 g/dL or intention to refuse bloodtransfusions if one should become necessary

  12. Coagulopathy, including but not limited to platelet count <100,000 or InternationalNormalized ratio (INR) >1.7 (INR is only required in subjects who have takenwarfarin within 2 weeks of enrollment)

  13. Subject has a hypercoagulable disorder such as polycythemia vera, platelet count >750,000 or other disorders

  14. Subject has an active systemic infection on the day of the index procedure witheither fever, leukocytosis or requiring intravenous antibiotics

  15. Subjects with clinical evidence of cardiogenic shock

  16. Uncontrolled severe hypertension (systolic BP >180 mm Hg or diastolic BP >110 mm Hg)

  17. Subjects with an estimated life expectancy of less than 1 year

  18. Non-coronary interventional or surgical structural heart procedures (e.g., TAVR,MitraClip, LAA or PFO occlusion, etc.) within 30 days prior to the index procedure

  19. Planned non-coronary interventional or surgical structural heart procedures (e.g.,TAVR, MitraClip, LAA or PFO occlusion, etc.) within 30 days after the indexprocedure

  20. Subject refusing or not a candidate for emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery

  21. Planned use of atherectomy, scoring or cutting balloon, sub-intimal reentry device,or any investigational device other than coronary IVL Angiographic Exclusion Criteria

  22. Unprotected left main diameter stenosis >30%

  23. Evidence of a serious angiographic complication in the target vessel prior totreatment with coronary IVL (dissection, perforation, abrupt closure, persistentslow-flow or persistent no reflow)

  24. Definite or possible thrombus by angiography in the target vessel

  25. Evidence of aneurysm in target vessel within 10 mm of the target lesion

  26. Second lesion with >50% stenosis in the same target vessel as the target lesionincluding its side branches

  27. Chronic total occlusion of the target lesion, J-CTO ≥2

  28. Target lesion is located in a native vessel that can only be reached by goingthrough a saphenous vein or arterial bypass graft

  29. Previous stent within 5 mm of the target lesion

  30. Failure to successfully cross the guidewire across the target lesion

  31. Planned use of antegrade dissection and reentry (ADR), retrograde guidewire (RW), orretrograde dissection and reentry (RDR) crossing technique at any time during theprocedure.

Study Design

Total Participants: 408
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Intravascular Lithotripsy
Phase:
Study Start date:
April 04, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2027

Study Description

The Shockwave Javelin Coronary IVL Catheter was developed to address the current challenges clinicians face when treating tight, difficult to cross, calcified coronary lesions and was designed as a rapid exchange catheter to deliver intravascular lithotripsy to those complex lesions in the coronary vasculature.

The intended benefit of the Shockwave Javelin Coronary IVL Catheter is to allow the catheter to modify calcium in tight, difficult to cross lesions to increase the compliance of the vessel and allow further crossing of the device or additional treatment at the discretion of the physician.

Up to 158 subjects (150 evaluable) subjects with moderate-to severely calcified, stenotic de novo coronary artery lesions presenting with stable angina or following stabilization after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) that are suitable for non-emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will be enrolled at up to 35 sites.

Once the pivotal cohort is fully enrolled (N=158), the study will continue to enroll an Extended Investigation cohort of up to 250 additional subjects.

Connect with a study center

  • Basildon University Hospital

    Basildon, UK SS16 5NL
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Basildon University Hospital

    Basildon 2656194, UK SS16 5NL
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Bristol Heart Institute

    Bristol, UK BS2 8ED
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Bristol Heart Institute

    Bristol 2654675, UK BS2 8ED
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

    Leeds, UK LS1 3EX
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

    Leeds 2644688, UK LS1 3EX
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Glenfield Hospital

    Leicester, UK LE3 9QP
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Glenfield Hospital

    Leicester 2644668, UK LE3 9QP
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • St. George's Hospital

    London, UK SW17 0RE
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Thomas Hospital

    London, UK SE1 7EH
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. George's Hospital

    London 2643743, UK SW17 0RE
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • St. Thomas Hospital

    London 2643743, UK SE1 7EH
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Scripps Health

    La Jolla, California 92037
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California 94143
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Scripps Health

    La Jolla 5363943, California 5332921 92037
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco 5391959, California 5332921 94143
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • South Denver Cardiology Associates, P.C

    Littleton, Colorado 80120
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • South Denver Cardiology Associates, P.C

    Littleton 5429032, Colorado 5417618 80120
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Hartford Hospital

    Hartford, Connecticut 06112
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hartford Hospital

    Hartford 4835797, Connecticut 4831725 06112
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medstar Washington Hospital Center

    Washington, District of Columbia 20010
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medstar Washington Hospital Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20010
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Medstar Washington Hospital Center

    Washington D.C. 4140963, District of Columbia 4138106 20010
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Cardiac and Vascular Institute

    Gainesville, Florida 32605
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Cardiac and Vascular Institute

    Gainesville 4156404, Florida 4155751 32605
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia 30322
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Piedmont Heart Institute

    Atlanta, Georgia 30309
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta 4180439, Georgia 4197000 30322
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Piedmont Heart Institute

    Atlanta 4180439, Georgia 4197000 30309
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02215
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02215
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Minneapolis Heart Institute

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Minneapolis Heart Institute

    Minneapolis 5037649, Minnesota 5037779 55407
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Lenox Hill Hospital

    New York, New York 10075
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

    Roslyn, New York 11576
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10032
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Lenox Hill Hospital

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10075
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

    Roslyn 5134415, New York 5128638 11576
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • NC Heart and Vascular Research, LLC

    Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • NC Heart and Vascular Research, LLC

    Raleigh 4487042, North Carolina 4482348 27607
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati 4508722, Ohio 5165418 45219
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Providence St. Vincent

    Portland, Oregon 97225
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Providence St. Vincent

    Portland 5746545, Oregon 5744337 97225
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Wellspan York Hospital

    York, Pennsylvania 17403
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Wellspan York Hospital

    York 4562407, Pennsylvania 6254927 17403
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Centennial Heart

    Nashville, Tennessee 37203
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Centennial Heart

    Nashville 4644585, Tennessee 4662168 37203
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute Dallas

    Dallas, Texas 75226
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Baylor Scott and White - The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano

    Plano, Texas 75093
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute Dallas

    Dallas 4684888, Texas 4736286 75226
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baylor Scott and White - The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano

    Plano 4719457, Texas 4736286 75093
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute

    Salt Lake City 5780993, Utah 5549030 84111
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Overlake Medical Center

    Bellevue, Washington 98004
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Swedish Medical

    Seattle, Washington 98122
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington 98195
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Overlake Medical Center

    Bellevue 5786882, Washington 5815135 98004
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Swedish Medical

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98122
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98195
    United States

    Site Not Available

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